Chapter 2. Social Deviance and Social Problems: Practice Quiz

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1) Poverty is the result of the simple fact that everyone cannot be wealthy. This is known as the fatalistic perspective.

aTrue

bFalse

2) According to Veblen, the instinct of workmanship is an unnatural desire and willingness to work.

aTrue

bFalse

3) Public issues transcend local environments of the individual and the range of his or her inner life.

aTrue

bFalse

4) At the __________ level, individuals are expected to work so they can support themselves and not be a drain on society.

aMacro

bGlobal

cMicro

dLocal

5) The HIV/AIDS epidemic is seen by some as God punishing people for homosexual activity. This is known as

aReligious retribution

bViolation of common morality

cRationalistic and scientific

dCynicism

6) What percentage of people who lose weight will regain all their weight back?

aAbout 90 percent

bAbout 75 percent

cAbout 24 percent

dAbout 58 percent

7) Which of the following is not seen as a social problem?

aCrime

bUnemployment

cPoverty

dStrong work ethic

8) Which of the following are considered stages in a social movement?

aEmergence and Coalescence

bFormalization and Decline

cA and B

dNone of the above

9) The __________ level is the number of people who are working or actively seeking work.

aEmployment

bLabor force

cEconomic

dMacro

10) Obesity is not considered an escalating social problem around the world.

aTrue

bFalse

11) When poor families become trapped in poverty for many generations because they were not able to attain the necessary resources to raise themselves above poverty thresholds is known as __________.

aWorking poor

bCycle of poverty

cSocial stratification

dUnwillingness to work

12) __________ is when a company moves overseas because they claim the United States has some of the highest business taxes in the world.

aDownsizing

bOutsourcing

cGood management

dRoll back

13) Unemployment has consistently been a major social concern among Americans.

aTrue

bFalse

14) Food neophobia is the fear of trying new foods.

aTrue

bFalse

15) Mothers Against Drunk Driving is an organization that campaigned for tougher drunk driving laws. Their 1980 efforts to convince the public and important officials that drinking and driving should be a social problem was an example of social construction of reality.